May 25, 2012

Chapter 60
The Last Morning

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(Originally posted December 12, 2012)

Waking up on our last morning in Walt Disney World, we could already feel that aura of sadness that comes with preparing to leave. The last thing we were about to do, however, was waste any of our last day moping, so we got up and went through our getting-ready motions as usual. The only difference was that this time, everything began to find its way back into our suitcases. We had already packed as much as we could the night before so that we wouldn’t have much to do this morning. We mostly just had to bag up our toiletries before we vacated.

I realized there were still so many things I hadn’t photographed in our Royal Room, so I went around taking lots of pictures. Here’s the scroll we got upon registering.

And here’s a close-up of the placemats our server at 1900 Park Fare gave us on our first day to celebrate our anniversary. Unfortunately, they had gotten cupcake frosting all over them on that first night, and not being the highest of quality, the grease had run into the paper. We decided they sadly wouldn’t be coming home with us.

I took a couple pictures out our windows. Beyond being a Royal Room, I think we also would have technically qualified as Garden View, because that’s what our room looked out on.

I went back into the bathroom and photographed the Little Mermaid-inspired shower curtain.

The tile work in the shower had some Hidden Mickeys!

We still want this footstool, inspired of course by the dog footstool in Beauty and the Beast.

These H20 toiletries were certainly a big step up from what we had been used to Disney providing.

And since we had gone the whole trip without ever disturbing the second bed, our Mickey towel animal was still intact.

We pressed the fireworks buttons on the headboards one last time.

It’s hard to really appreciate how cool that effect is through pictures. I’m sure there are videos on YouTube, which I recommend watching. It was just so festive and fun and magical. One of those little touches that goes a long way!

There were even some Hidden Mickeys in the curtains.

I noticed on this last day that the trim on the ceiling was different in the bathroom area than in the bedroom. It featured different characters with an underwater theme.

Here’s our whole TV setup. The only thing it ever played while we were staying was Stacey!

And here’s the permanent version of the letter from Tiana (the same one featured in the scroll) embedded into the table.

Almost before I knew it, we were all packed up, and it was time to bid our room goodbye. This was the first moment of many throughout the day when I got a little choked up. The entire upgrade had just been so awesome. Since we have no idea when well ever be able to afford to stay in this type of room again, it was hard saying goodbye.

Unfortunately, the clock was ticking, and we had places to go. I took one last picture of our room number as we closed the door.

A cast member who was walking by saw that we were sad and tried to console us, reminding us that we could always come back! Then he offered to take our picture.